ARMINIO Opera Seria by George Frederick Handel
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2h 47m
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
Arminio is an opera composed by George Frederick Handel. The libretto is based on a libretto of the same name by Antonio Salvi, which had been set to music by Alessandro Scarlatti. It is a fictionalisation of events surrounding the Germanic leader Arminius, who defeated the Romans under Publius Quinctilius Varus at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, and his wife Thusnelda. Together with Giustino and Berenice, Arminio is one of three operas Handel wrote within a period of half a year in 1736.
Arminio, German prince, confronts Roman troops commanded by Varo. On the verge of losing the battle, he fled, on the advice of his wife, Tusnelda, daughter of the German prince Segesta, who wasted no time in rallying to the Roman enemy. This makes the despair of his daughter and her brother, Sigismondo, in love with Ramise, who is none other than Arminio's sister. The young girl turns away from her lover when she learns that Segesta, her potential stepfather, has betrayed Arminio, arrested and sentenced to death.
Director: Max Emanuel Cencic (Theatre Director), George Petrou (Music Director)
Cast: Arminio: Max Emanuel Cencic, Tusnelda: Layla Claire, Segeste: Pavel Kudinov, Varo: Juan Sancho, Sigismondo: Vince Yi, Ramise: Ruxandra Donose, Tullio: Owen Willetts, Armonia Atenea
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